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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2022
Phoenix Contact Gmbh & Co. KG, Blomberg, DE;
Thorsten Matthies, Barntrup, DE;
Stefan Pollert, Espelkamp, DE;
Klaus Wessling, Bückeburg, DE;
Carsten Henning, Schieder-Schwalenberg, DE;
Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, Blomberg, DE;
Abstract
A method for integrating into a data transmission a number of I/O modules connected to an I/O station in accordance with a configuration for processing data assignable in accordance with this configuration, includes activating an integration mode, checking whether a target configuration for connecting a number of I/O modules to the I/O station for processing primary data is stored in a memory, checking whether the target configuration can be found on the basis of analyzed connected I/O modules, assigning each I/O module required for finding the target configuration to the target configuration, assigning each I/O module not required for finding the target configuration, to a new configuration for processing data, operating the I/O station with each I/O module assigned to the target configuration in accordance with the target configuration, and operating the I/O station with each I/O module assigned to the new configuration independently of and/or in addition to the target configuration in accordance with the new configuration for processing data assignable in accordance with this new configuration independently of the target configuration. Further, a station head for carrying out the method and a system including the station head.